Data provided by the Italian government showed that in 2021 only one in two migrants held at Italian repatriation centers was actually repatriated. Italy's National Guarantor for the Rights of Detained Persons has criticized the data.
The Italian Coalition for Freedom and Civil Rights (CILD) has reported that between 2018 and 2021, nearly €44 million were spent by private agencies to manage ten Centers for Residence and Repatriation (CPR) for migrants in Italy a sign that detention has become a "very profitable sector" in Italy, according to CILD.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/04/15
Italy s national detainee rights chief has said that severe problems remain at the country s migrant repatriation centers (CPRs). He is calling for structural changes as well as legislative intervention.
Italy s detainee rights ombudsman Mauro Palma wrote in a report published Tuesday that migrants at repatriation centers were exposed to problems that weigh irremediably on [their] rights.
He called for structural improvements and on local health authorities to regularly check on hygiene conditions at CPRs. He also said that migrants at CPRs should have the possibility to make and receive telephone calls.
Palma said that CPRs rudimentary architecture lacked spaces for socializing and worship, which also increases tension.